Module Marks and Credit Load
Module marks are missing for individuals or cohorts...
- Secretaries to Board of Examiners should endeavour to obtain all marks for all assessments in advance of the meeting.
- Where one or more marks are unavailable for an individual student, the Board may be able to reach a provisional decision (and give permission for the Chair to take action once the marks(s) are available). It should be made clear on the mark sheet where an overall decision regarding performance is deferred in order that the student is not included on the pass list. As soon as the mark(s) are available, and Chairs’ action has been taken, the outstanding mark(s) and confirmation of the overall decision should be returned in writing to the Examinations Office. Failure to do so may result in the student having an academic hold which prevents registration for the next stage of the degree programme or, in the case of final-year students, may delay graduation.
- Where marks for whole cohorts are outstanding, the above may be possible but may be more difficult if the module is one taken by a significant number of students on the programme (and if it is core).
- Marks entry on SAP: The module appraisal status should be entered as ‘Not Known’ but be overwritten as soon as the mark(s) become available. The module appraisal status must be amended in addition to the mark being entered.
The student does not have the right credit load...
- Board of Examiners may find, when collating the marks for a student, or when calculating the student’s overall performance, that the correct credit load does not appear in the student’s module registration.
- The Board should record and ratify all the existing module information (passes, etc.), but it has no power to set aside (or ignore) missing modules. The Chair is advised to contact the Student Progress Service as soon as the problem had been identified.
